About Wojcieszów
“Despite Wojcieszów’s history dating back to the 13th century and several interesting historical sites in the town, it is primarily associated with industrial limestone quarrying, which developed on a large scale in the late 19th century. There were several quarries operating in the vicinity, including the most famous and the only ones still in operation today on the Połom Mountain, directly to the west from Wojcieszów. At its peak, the local lime factories employed around 1200 people.
Sights
The oldest historic building in the town is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lower Wojcieszów, dating back to the 13th-14th centuries. Most of the furnishings are from the Baroque period, and there are Gothic tombstones in the presbytery floor. On the external wall, there are five full-length stone tombstones of the von Zedlitz family. Nearby, there is an unused evangelical church from 1754, with a tower from 1913, and a palace from the turn of the 18th/19th century surrounded by a landscape park (currently an Orphanage).
The palace in Upper Wojcieszów, the oldest in the town, was built as a Renaissance manor in 1596 and later transformed into a palace residence in the late 19th century. Currently, it is abandoned and falling into ruin. More palaces can be found in the lower part of the town and at the western foot of Miłek (currently the educational facility). To the northeast of the town, there are modest remnants of a medieval castle, possibly destroyed during the Hussite Wars.
Description: Piotr Migoń
Nearby attractions
- you’ll receive a sticker to the Passport of the Explorer of the Land of Extinct Volcanoes for visiting the Gruszka Quarry
- there are cycling paths – the Kaczawskie Single Tracks near Wojcieszów
